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Clematis 'Elias'

Large, brilliant violet flowers with a slight red-purple bar, outside paler violet with a broad grey-green bar. Filaments white with pale violet tip; connectives white; anthers pale greenish yellow. Seedheads persistent.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	May Jun \| Aug Sep
Raised by:	L Sachs
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2011 i2018
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling raised from open-pollinated 'Lord Nevill'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 14cm Tepals: 6-8; 6cm long x 4.5cm wide, overlapping half, with slightly wavy margins and cuspidate apex